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Long known as an on-and-off hub for emerging Toronto indie rock bands as well as a prototypical dive bar that resisted gentrification, this College St. bar sat passively until earlier this month when one of Toronto's top local concert promoters stepped in to give it new life.

Read my take on the new and improved Smiling Buddha in the bars section.